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Matthew Wood has 14 points (8 goals, 6 assists) in 33 games for the Nashville Predators this season.

Selected in the 1st round (No. 15) of the 2023 NHL Draft by the Nashville Predators, he has 15 points (8 goals, 7 assists) in 39 regular-season games for the Nashville Predators.

  • Country: Country FlagCAN
    Age: 20.9 yrs (06.02.2005)
    Height / Weight: 193 cm / 91 kg
    Shoots: R
    Drafted: 15th in 2023
    Draft Team: Team logoNashville Predators
    Awards: -
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The 20-year-old is around break-even for his team, with the Predators controlling 51% of expected goals when he is on the ice. When Matthew Wood is off the ice, the Predators control 49% of expected goals, indicating the team is about the same when he plays.

He is being deployed in an offense-leaning role, starting 53% of his shifts in the offensive zone versus 13% in the defensive zone.

  • 70

    Overall Rating
    Offense:Off: 75th of 250 Wings
    Defense:Def: 223rd of 250 Wings
  • Metric Current Season
    Games
    1 - 82
    33.00
    QoC
    -0.14 - 0.14
    0.02
    IceTimePerGame
    12 - 22
    12.55
    Metric Current Season
    Goals/60
    0.2 - 1.5
    1.16
    PrimaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.5
    0.58
    SecondaryAssists/60
    0.1 - 1.2
    0.29
    xGoals/60
    0.49 - 1.34
    1.18
    OnIce_xGoalsFor/60
    1.8 - 5
    3.17
    OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    1.4 - 5.5
    4.49
    PenaltiesDrawn/60
    0.27 - 1.56
    0.87
    OZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.53
    PP_xGoals/60
    0.5 - 2.5
    2.70
    PP_OnIce_GoalsFor/60
    3 - 13
    9.78
    Metric Current Season
    OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.04
    OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    2.5 - 4
    3.19
    Penalties/60
    0.5 - 1.5
    0.14
    ShotsBlocked/60
    1 - 3
    2.17
    Takeaways/60
    0.5 - 2
    0.29
    Giveaways/60
    1 - 4
    2.75
    DZoneStartPct
    0.15 - 0.4
    0.13
    PK_OnIce_xGoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
    PK_OnIce_GoalsAgainst/60
    5 - 12
    0.00
  • Career Trajectory Most comparable players to Matthew Wood at his age (20.9 yrs):
    Jonathan Drouin (Rating of 70 in 2015, Today 77)
    Sean Couturier (Rating of 70 in 2012, Today 73)
    Dawson Mercer (Rating of 70 in 2021, Today 78)
Contract InformationPowered by CORE
Actual AAV: $0.950M
Player Contract Value: $3.000M
Remaining: 2 year(s)
Contract Ends: 2027 RFA
Age at the end: 23.4 yrs (06.02.2005)
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Matthew Wood
Recent Games
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
23.12.2025 Team Logo Wild 1 0 0 0 0 11:03 2 0.0% 0
27.12.2025 Team Logo Blues 1 0 0 0 1 14:55 2 0.0% 0
29.12.2025 Team Logo Mammoth 1 0 0 0 0 9:24 1 0.0% 0
31.12.2025 Team Logo Golden Knights 1 0 0 0 -1 9:22 0 0
01.01.2026 Team Logo Kraken 1 0 0 0 -2 11:25 0 0
Total 5 0 0 0 -2 5 0.0% 0
Regular Season
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
2024-25 Team Logo Predators 6 0 1 1 0 11:34 8 0.0% 2
2025-26 Team Logo Predators 33 8 6 14 -2 12:33 54 14.8% 2
Season Projection 74 18 13 31 -4 12:32 121 14.9% 4
Total 39 8 7 15 -2 62 12.9% 4
Playoffs
Year Team GP G A Pts +/- TOI/G S S% PIM
No games played
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Player
Match		 Name Team Pos Age Height / Weight Season
P/G		 Career
P/G		 Offense
Rating		 Defense
Rating		 Actual AAV
Matthew Wood Team Logo RW 20.9 yrs 193 cm / 91 kg 0.42 0.38 77 57 $0.950M
80% Kirby Dach Team Logo C 25 yrs 193 cm / 99 kg 0.47 0.45 71 56 $3.363M
80% Drew O'Connor Team Logo LW 27.6 yrs 193 cm / 94 kg 0.39 0.32 66 53 $2.500M
78% Linus Karlsson Team Logo C 26.1 yrs 185 cm / 80 kg 0.47 0.37 84 54 $0.775M
77% Jake Neighbours Team Logo LW 23.8 yrs 183 cm / 90 kg 0.55 0.47 74 56 $3.750M
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